Daily Archives: May 7, 2010

Check this out: Researchers in England have created a new type of tidal turbine, code named “Deep Green,” that’s attached to a kite-like apparatus and tethered to the floor of the ocean by 100 meters of cable. Developed by Swedish company Minesto, the turbine captures energy from tidal currents at...

Walkie-talkie watches are cool and all, but lack any level of privacy thanks to the built-in speaker. The RWatch Kit however has Navy Seal special ops written all over it…for the kids. You can communicate with your friends within a range of 2-3km and the wireless micro earpiece insures that...

[GR]2ljFfL-mL70[/GR] As part of the May 4th Star Wars celeberation, TomTom has made Darth Vader’s voice available for purchase on their GPS units. The cost: $13. Not bad if you’re a die hard Star Wars fan or just wanna entertain the kids. To help promote the launch, they released a...

Borders bookstore just threw themselves into the e-reader battle and announced that they’ll start taking pre-orders for the Kobo eReader. The Kobo has a 6-inch e-ink screen that measures just 0.1-inch thin and weighs a half-pound. For $149 the Kobo will ship to your door on June 17th and will...

Here’s human ingenuity in practice: The Black Dwarf is a custom-built NAS (Network Attached Storage) that combines a staggering 16TB of HDD space with a 1.66GHz Atom N270 CPU within an enclosure composed of steel, aluminum and Lexan. Will Urbina invented the device to help with his video editing work,...

Remember that Power PEG device that we saw at CES 2009? It’s now available for pre-order for $150 and will ship this June. The Power PEG (Personal Energy Device) harnesses the power of your kinetic energy (i.e. walking, running, etc) and stores it in an internal battery that can recharge...

Details have leaked from VozExpress about an upcoming Toshiba notebook that’s gunning for the title of “world’s lightest 13-inch laptop,” with some innovative new battery and cooling technology to boot. The as-yet-unnamed notebook will come with the choice of a Core i3, i5 or i7 CPU that works in tandem...